where it is known to have been popular during the 1600s before eventually evolving into a crowned or double heart variant - often adorned with a thistle - called a luckenbooth*
making it suitable for wear as either a pendant or a charm
in this instance carved for show (not intended to create a wax seal)
Elegant diamond trilogy ring
and also suggesting English origin
Lost Owl Lucky Dice Signet Ring Add Inscription:Yes where it is known toA mysterious symbol, described in Ernst Lehner's book, 'Symbols, Signs & Signets' (1950), as "The Dice of Good Luck (Japanese)," is hand engraved on the octagonal face of this signet ring. The only other instance of the symbol I have found is the cover art of French multi instrumentalist musician Asagaya's 2020 single Sesquipedalian.* The signet ring is vintage, solid 9 carat gold, with London hallmarks for the year 1968, and we've given it a brushed,